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Alabama

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to Alabama. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the territorial period to the present.

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    1841 Ala. Laws 148-49
    (1841)
    § 4: Prohibited the concealed carrying of "a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, dirk or any other deadly weapon, pistol or any species of firearms, or air gun," unless the person is threatened with an attack or is traveling or "setting out on a journey." Punished by a fine of $50-100.
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    Alexander McKinstry, The Code of Ordinances of the City of Mobile, with the Charter, and an Appendix 118 (1859)
    (1859)
    § 124; Prohibited the discharge of any gun, pistol, fowling-piece, or fire-arm.
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    1851-52 Ala. Laws 3
    (1851)
    Tax of $2 on " every bowie knife or revolving pistol."
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    1852 Ala. Code 588
    (1852)
    Prohibited the concealed carry of a pistol, or any other firearms, while not being threatened or having good reason to believe attack is imminent. Also prohibited the concealed carry of knives and handguns. Violators fined not less than fifty, but no more than three hundred dollars.
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    1848 Ala. Laws 121-22
    (1848)
    Prohibited any person or persons from receiving, keeping, or storing in any building within three miles of the Mobile River or Bay, gun-powder, gun-cotton, or other explosive material in larger quantities than one hundred pounds.
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    Clement Comer Clay, Digest of the Laws of Alabama 413 (1843)
    (1843)
    Prohibited fighting or discharging a firearm or air-gun in any city, town, or militia muster, or public assembly. Violators fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both at the discretion of the judge.
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    1856 Ala. Laws 17
    (1856)
    That anyone who shall sell or give or lend, to any male minor, a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, or air gun or pistol, shall, on conviction be fined not less than three hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars.
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    Clement Comer Clay, Digest of the Laws of Alabama 416 (1843)
    (1843)
    § 31. Prohibited assault and battery of another with a cowhide, stick, or whip while in possession of a pistol or other deadly weapon with the intent to intimidate another to prevent the person from defending himself. Violators imprisoned not less than two nor more than twenty years.
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    1852 Ala. Code 588-89
    (1841)
    Prohibited the concealed carrying of " a bowie knife, or knife or instrument of the like kind or description, by whatever name called, dirk or any other deadly weapon, pistol or any species of firearms, or air gun," unless the person is threatened with an attack or is traveling or " setting out on a journey." Punished by a fine of $50-100.